Film Noir & Neo Noir News
NOIR CITY: Hollywood
NOIR CITY Hollywood returns to the American Cinematheque’s Egyptian Theater for two consecutive weekends April 3-5 and April 10-12. This year’s program comprises 20 crime and mystery films featuring . . . musicians! The movies feature genuine musical legends performing alongside film noir favorites. Many of the films on the schedule are fictions in which music plays a major part; others are based on actual performers. Films introduced by Eddie Muller and Alan K. Rode.
We’ll update you when tickets are on sale.
CONFIRMED 2026 NOIR CITY DATES
NOIR CITY: Hollywood: Apr 3-5 & 10-12
Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood, CA
NOIR CITY: Boston: June 12-14
The Brattle, Cambridge, MA
NOIR CITY: Portland: Aug 21-23
Hollywood Theatre, Portland, OR
NOIR CITY: Chicago: Sep 4-10
Music Box Theatre, Chicago, IL
NOIR CITY: Detroit: Sep 18-20
Redford Theatre, Detroit, MI
NOIR CITY: D.C.: Oct 8-22
AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center
Silver Spring, MD
TCMFF returns in the spring
EDDIE MULLER IN PERSON
The Turner Classic Movie Film Festival returns to Hollywood, April 30- May 3. This year’s festival will cover a wide range of programming themes with its central theme being The World Comes to Hollywood celebrating the artist behind and in front of the silver screen who came from foreign shores to create a lasting Hollywood legacy. All festival screenings include special introductions to provide context for each film. Specific details will be announced on the TCMFF website in the weeks and months ahead, including guest appearances by actors, actresses, directors, producers and other key figures. One presenter that we know will be there is TCM Noir Alley host and FNF president Eddie Muller.
Not surprisingly given the theme of The World Comes to Hollywood, quite a few film noirs, the genre perhaps most directly shaped by emigrees, have been announced already: Ace in the Hole (1951) written and directed by Polish/Austrian emigree Billy Wilder; Gaslight (1944) starring two European actors, French Charles Boyer and Swedish Ingrid Bergman; Out of the Past (1947) directed by Frenchman Jacques Tourner and shot by Italian born cinematographer Nicholas Musuraca; Phantom Lady (1944), directed by German emigree Robert Siodmak and produced by English woman Joan Harrison; and Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) directed by Russian emigree Boris Ingster, written by Hungarian born Frank Partos, and starring German actor Peter Lorre.
Screenings will be held at TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX, TCL Chinese 6 Theatres Multiplex, and The Hollywood Legion Theater at Post 43. Special events for passholders will take place at TCMFF’s headquarters at the historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
Passes are now on sale at the TCMFF website. Films to be screened are posted there as confirmed.
Cocktails and Noir
FNF prez Eddie Muller's newest book, NOIR BAR: Cocktails Inspired by the World of Film Noir combines two of his greatest passions, film noir and cocktails.
In the words of the author, "Noir Bar offers a booze-based excursion through America's most popular film genre, pairing easy-to-master recipes with the kind of behind-the-scenes anecdotes that I like to include in my film intros and books." Some of the drinks are the ones being imbibed on screen and some are named after the films, the characters or the actors themselves. The recipes came from a variety of sources including Ernest Hemmingway and Sam Fuller. Some were even created by Eddie himself. Eddie also draws on his past as a bartender to coach you on the supplies and the techniques you will need to create these libations in your own home. The book is stylishly laid out and filled with movie stills, poster art, behind-the-scenes images, and cocktail photography. The book is available from Running Press.
Newest FNF restoration available
Preserved by the Film Noir Foundation in 2013 and now beautifully restored through the UCLA Film & Television Archive, Never Open That Door (No abras nunca esa puerta) is a significant example of the cross-cultural cinematic legacy shared by the United States and Argentina during the post-WWII era. Based on two short stories by American master of suspense fiction Cornell Woolrich, the film is brilliantly directed by Argentine filmmaker Carlos Hugo Christensen with extraordinary cinematography by Pablo Tabernero. ORDER YOUR COPY
Says FNF founder Eddie Muller about this recent restoration, “It is a revelation to experience the work of an all-American author, in Spanish, and rendered as well – or perhaps better – than any Hollywood adaptation of his work.” + READ MORE
Blu‑ray/DVD of FNF restoration available
Argentine director Román Viñoly Barreto's El vampiro negro (The Black Vampire) is available from Flicker Alley in a deluxe Blu‑ray/DVD edition. A virtually unknown remake of Fritz Lang's seminal 1931 thriller M, this 1953 Argentine noir is a female-centered take on the tale. + READ MORE
Ask Eddie anything!
Did you know that The Film Noir Foundation regularly livestreams on our Facebook page in which Eddie Muller answers questions submitted by our e‑mail subscribers? All previous broadcasts are available on our YouTube broadcast archives page.
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The latest ASK EDDIE broadcast on Facebook on February 19 and on YouTube the following day.
And the winner is...
Here are the winners of the FNF's NOIR CITY Magazine #45 donation drive held February 12 - 20, 2026 :
EXISTING DONORS
★ The three winners of the FNF restoration Flicker Alley Blu-ray/DVD of the 1953 Argentine film El vampiro negro: Steve Moody, Durham, NC; Debra Claxton, Houston, TX; and John Tanner, Santa Barbara, CA
★ The winner of the Criterion Blu-ray release of the 2K digital restoration of Nicolas Ray’s They Live by Night (1948), with numerous special features including a 2007 audio commentary by Eddie Muller with actor Farley Granger, plus a Warner Archive Blu-ray of The Beast of the City (1932) reviewed this issue by Sean Axmaker in the Noir at Home section: John M. Benda, Euclid, OH
★ The three winners of the out-of-print NOIR CITY Annual #3 (published 2011): James DeLorenzo (Philadelphia, PA); Richard Larson (New Berlin, WI); and Peter Blitstein (Appleton, WI)
★ The winner of the Kino Lorber’s French Noir Collection II -- including Rhine Virgin (1953), The Beast Is Loose (1959), Trapped by Fear (1960), and Passion of Slow Fire (1961) -- plus the Fantagraphics Jacques Tardi/Jean-Patrick Manchette book Run Like Crazy Run Like Hell: Anthony Slipp (Central Falls, RI)
★ The winner of Kino Lorber’s Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXVI featuring the films Dr. Broadway (1942), Smooth as Silk (1946), and The Great Gatsby (1949), as well as the Warner Archive Blu-ray of Dark Passage (1947) with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Plus, the Fantagraphics book My Gun is the Jury, illustrated by Jack Davis and Wallace Wood: Nicholas Consales (Fanwood, NJ)
NEW DONORS
★ The three winners to receive five NOIR CITY Magazine digital back issues -- #16, #25, #28, #38, #40 -- sent via WeTransfer to their email addresses: Kevin Bannerman (Los Angeles, CA) Nick Kocz (Blacksburg, VA) Melissa Hamner (Henderson, NV)
★The two winners to receive Flicker Alley’s Blu-ray/DVD releases of FNF restorations Repeat Performance (1947) with Joan Leslie, Louis Hayward, and Richard Basehart and The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950) with Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt, and John Dall are: Richard Bradley (North Billerica, MA) Barbara Hearn (Philadelphia, PA)
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Film Noir Foundation! A reminder that anyone who contributes $20 or more to the FNF and signs up our mailing list always receives a free year's subscription to the digital version of NOIR CITY e-magazine. Contributors may receive additional FNF thank you gifts depending on the amount of the donation.
Dark City Dames: The Women Who Defined Film Noir
In this revised and expanded edition of his essential volume Dark City Dames, Eddie Muller—FNF founder and Turner Classic Movies host—offers a uniquely intimate look at the women who defined film noir, now featuring updated text, photos, and ten new star profiles.
In Dark City Dames, acclaimed film historian Eddie Muller takes readers into the world of six women who made a lasting impression in this cinematic terrain—from veteran “bad girls” Audrey Totter, Marie Windsor, and Jane Greer to unexpected genre fixtures Evelyn Keyes, Coleen Gray, and Ann Savage. The book provides in-depth profiles of these formidable women during the height of their careers, circa 1950, as they balanced love and career, struggled against typecasting, and sought fulfillment in a ruthless business. Their personal stories—teeming with larger-than-life characters like Howard Hughes, Louis B. Mayer, Robert Mitchum, Otto Preminger, and John Huston—offer a fascinating counterpoint to their movies. Then, Dark City Dames revisits each woman fifty years later to witness their hard-won—and triumphant—survival. On every page their own voices ring through, reflecting on their lives with as much passion, pain, intelligence, energy, and humor as any movie script. Muller conducted far-ranging interviews with the original six women profiled in Dark City Dames, in the process becoming a friend and confidante to each.
In this revised and expanded edition, he updates their stories and shares illuminating, never-before-told memories of his time with them. This edition also includes compelling new profiles of ten additional women who left an indelible mark on film noir, including Joan Bennett, Gail Russell, Rhonda Fleming, and Claire Trevor—all packaged in a stunning redesign that offers the ultimate look at performers who helped define a still-resonant and inspiring epoch of Hollywood history.
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Czar of Noir's Dark City available
The revised and expanded edition of FNF prez and Noir Alley host Eddie Muller's Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir is now available for purchase from the TCM Shop or your favorite bookseller. + READ MORE
Two FNF Argentine restorations available on Blu‑ray/DVD
We are proud to announce the release of two FNF restorations as Blu‑ray/DVD combos from Flicker Alley: The Bitter Stems and The Beast Must Die, two classics of Argentine noir.. → READ MORE
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